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Sra @tou9bton leperer ri ioag en-
5tripelle fra en- Nmerifaner. Brobiz
bitipnstlubben / @tou9bton mao 1itfert
beltaa al prafti1fe Meno. Ser er
mango @teoer, boor BET famine fnnoe os
burbe 9jpres. Trobibitiun er business,
6%orretning o9 bpr bripes iom iaaban.
Set saar life meb Taler og @amtaler
alene, men @anblin9~ Organizer 8roz
bibitionstlubber. Nnlet en- Wfano til
canpasie . @rocenterne at Yrobibitions=
blaberne, Voice o9 Self aabet uil 9iue
en- Manb 9a9lpn. 81 maa le til at
tren9e oe republitanlte o9 oemotratilfe
8labe 10 fra Tamilien. Soft er buao
Be lel Jet.
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st 8lif inb / Tremtiben.

W oltl NV
Gamer og 9errer! Set er mig tjert
at 1t11e neboper Ttbens Strpm til BEN
Bag, lom bare er no9le faa Nar borte,
baaber je9, oa ri life ital 1e ct enelte
9rittebus, 8rps9eri eller 9eitilleri /
bet bele 2ano, life en- Mano meb BLOB
lpren9te 1ine, life en- bultinoet &pinbe,
life ct petlfremt 8arn. Seq tror, ben
Itb fommer, naar @ambrinus o9 Song
Nltobol er opbe, "a ri 1tal flare os
~bertiQanos uben ~1ociale @tratenrppere,
uoen lopbjemleoe Sorbrpoeller o9 lopz
~fo1tret 2ait, uben lociale &%ulfaner, o9
uoeu 6pQeriets |ilbitole o9 &aabeo,
uoen Brp99eriets Barbarisme o9 Brenz
oeriets 8rutalitet, uben @fjermer o9
matte &inouer til at ltjule- 2opbrDoere.
Ses baaber, at ben 9io en9an9 tommer
/ bette 2anb, ba 5atti9oommeus lefenoe
Sag o9 gtpoens tomme 8pro lite le19er
9ipr Tuiinoer at 9jem 9leoeslpie. Seq
ler neboper Tibens Strpm, o9 ct Clint
al benne fpmmenbe 5remtio Dpmuntrer
mig til nit Mrbeibe. Sen Tro, je9 bar
paa min Sub, og ben TiQio, jeg bar til
mime Mebmenneit er, 9jpr mig til Hroz
bibitioniit, o9 anbet fan je9 life pere.
&a1t 8liftet neooper Tioens Strpm o9
le, bpab ri bar / @ente: Nrbeioeren fri
fra ben pb%eleg9enoe 0ruffen1tab, Silent
met 1ifret mo6 2iceniepe ienets Truoiler,
@amfunoet reobet fra ben foroarpenbe
@tjenteltue, S%orbrpoelien itjulenbe lit
&opeb, Satti9oom en- utienot Sing os
Mpbenlanbsforpiit il, Sor9ens Taarer
nil life rinoe mere, @lenoi9bebens Slayer
oil for tumme, 2ibellens 8prber pillettes,
og &ummerens forte 2i9teppe, iom bar
la9t Jig oper laa man9t ct engan9 lpttez
li9t, nlen mi t~rpiteslpit @jem, pil ensar9
iTioen BRACES tillioe. 9ette 2ano fan,
o9 / en life fjern Sremtib pil, tror je9,
bielpe Jig foruoen @pir o9 9rit os
@la9smaal os @bi1tepfri9 os forpeitenoe
|6alooner. Sort .
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"Nrbeioets &iboer" paal taar / Operz
ens1tem1nelle meb 2ebere, at 6atti9oom
life ct en- 5p1se al Druffenltab, men
9ruffenifaben CT en- 5pl9e al Sattisoomz
men.
Men MI naar m Mano bar bruttet
op aft, buab ban bat funnel faa 9rittez
parer for, bpao ct iaa 5pl9en? Drutfenz
1tab eQer Satti9oom?
Set oil ii9e maaife, at bet bar en- al
minoeli9 Man9el Der bar ben bepe9enoe
Narla9 til bans 5alo men bleo ban oa
lite fatti9ere iom en- 6pl9e at 9ruttenz
ltaben? @qer tro BET, at ben lom oritter
Jig fulo er Iaa BUM, at 6an tror bet 1fal
bjelpe bam at britte? at en- Mano
britter iorbi ban oil 9lemme tit @apn
fan pere lanbt for @nteltes &eofomz
menoe %li9elaauiolt iom Der siues Meno,
Der oritter o9 itploer paa &jerin9em
men oil bet bebanole 5a9en / fin Nlminz
beligbeo, laa maa bet pel ii9e at Soft /
Archaeological oritter, foroi De liter at
briffe.
gt unoerpile ben opporenbe Sle9t
ON bet itabeli9e / 8enDttellen al Bez
rusenbe 9ritte bar ri Yrobibitionilter
intet imoo tperti,noo ct bet bel 9jennem
% % 80. 6. s. Il. at @taten er blepen
tpun9et at pas1ere 2opc Der paobDoer
oenne unberpisnin9 men fan ri life faa
Son til at arbeioe for @aloonens u6z
rpbbelie lamtioi9. @i ipnes BET er
tibet &onietpent, at li9e til 8prnene, at
&usorit er itabeli9t for 2eseme os @jel
og iaa ltjente @aloonen por 8eitpttelie,
Sci flyer at "pil man turere Cant
fuioet for 9rifteonbet, laa maa man
ta9e bort BET, 1om fremtaloer Bet"
Sci inbrpmmes - foruo lat Be mener
@aloonen, men mener Be Satti9oommen,
od 1er ri jult life bporlebes Be oil ta9e
ben bort, uoen peo at unoerpii e &prnene
/ at tage pare pau fine eager o9 iioeu
lie til, al life @alponerne pper fin Snoz
flpbelle oper Dem, 11aar Be tommer /
Ysn9efnibe. -
Set @friot, boiltet par bort fprite, bar
be enoa life ta9et paa 6orbebrin9ens
6ti
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Wpre M9enter.

@tubenterne Diten @inber9 o9 Mfarz
tin 6apbal er "6eltz& aabets" rel lenoe
M9enter / Wfinnel ota % 8roi. @ilbelm
Yeteri jon o9 $. g: @ouano / 9afota.
Gbas. @berlin, SQinoiS, @lscon1in
o9 Mi6isan.
2otale M9enter / Minnelota:
Minneapolis, S. S. @fproalSpolo.
ct. Yaut, Sobn &on9spif.
Otter Sail County, $. g. Stub o9
S. g. @olm.
Mabelia, S. s. Sobnl on.
@e1tbroot, CLING @trano.
M%ububon, 8. s. MDbre.
TracD, gilbert Sobnlon.
@inbom, .. s. Solem og 81. Gill
lin91ta6.
Sulutb, S. 8. s.. 8aner.
Milan, q. 6. Dpjor6en.
2uperne, Saul @intber.
s @isconlin:
Miblanb, Slid @ten.
@betef, @bas. 8reffen.
8loomer, g. Nnberlon.
Chippewa Sails, S. Stone.
Seer 8art, go Satrilen.
2ittle Sails, 8. 8. Selpi9.
Cumberland, .. q. @itan.
@bel Safe, 8. 6. 9ani on.
5teparb, .. Sc. @tbsmo.
8lan9arbpiae, Stub. 9arbo.
Stou9bton, .. $. See.
s 9atota:
@ranb SORTS, $. 6. Snspalbien.
S Seem SerleD:
Yertb Nmbop, Sans Reterien.
M1e bis1e er bempnbi9et til at MOB
tage Yense os sipe Suffering for famine.
Stl Observation-Disclosures @etnaez
ipta.
6orenineer ber / Sommer enifer Be<
ip9 al en- al 5eqesiellfabets &eiienbe
oil inienoe fin Nnmoonin9 til Selifabets
-5efreter.
s.. 81 lfelanb,
Seltraabet, Gebar Nne.,
Minneapolis.
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NatiomemS @aab.
Yrobibttton tpttet al ct
YrobtbtttonSpartt.
Sale bolot al S.. g. 6. Ht@mono
8elott, @tS., oen lite
Septbr., 1886.
(6ortl. fra forri9e 3ummer.)

(6ortl. fra forri9e Nummer.)
9}u tommer je9 iba9 til benStat, bpor
leg ielo bat bjemme, os finoer Der en-
Snoretnin9, lom foitrer Moro, Epperi,
lltu9t, @apelp9e o9 Morbbrano, o9 BET
berltenbe @arti / @taten flyer BERTH:
4 gu Ital itfew Mt mel! men: "0u lfal
faa Sou, beriom bu pil belle Sortjenelten!
9u 1tal faa 2op, beriom ou bare betaler
ior bine l1ejernin9er" Sub 9ip, at
flint Yarti, lom bar laa berlis en- 6ortio,
par forlen91t bpot, fsrenb bet ameriz
tanjte @aloonpel len bapoe iultet bper
Blomit / ben @eirstrans, lom prpbeoe
bets @anoe! Seq flyer ~altlaa, at Cubs
Sou / bans Orb o9 / bans @iernin9er /
Naturen lerer mig at bore Hrobibitionz
1T. Set er en @runb til, bporfor je9
forfe9ter Yrobibition.
Men, bporleoes ital pt MI opnaa 8roz
bibition? Sriz@biitepzE beorien bar
lpistet! @esulations zGbeorieu bar ilaaet
fell. 81 bar ba intet tilopers uben @roz
bibition; % Der er je9 na ban9e for, jes
tommer til at trebe paa pisIe 6olts
p~olitiite 2istorner, om jes itte alt bar
9jOrt bet. 6orlfjeai9e al eber oil fise:
"SSe9 er for Hrobibition; ies pnifer at
LUTTE Saloonerne; men bere @ootfolt
saa tilperts paa cit gal Maabe." Seq
bar ior min Sci fife bprt om met enb
tire. Maaber at opnaa Yrobibition paa,
os bpis no9en oeo at repne 1ere Maaz
Der, ifal je9 bore lutter Gre. Sen
fpr1te er Sen ittezpolitiIte Maabe, eIera
mani life blanoer @asen Up / 8olititen.
Set itaaenbe ubtrpf er: "6olb Mfbolbsz
iaseu u6e at Yolitifen." Sc, 1om bploer
oenne 8lan, blir ferre for buer Dag.
@alounerne fan lite bolbes borte fra
8olitifen. Ser ct for Tioeu i bette
2ano 100000 Salooner, iom itaar unz
ber 2opens 9jemmel o9 8eitDttelle. ca
loonerne fan lite boloes borte fra
Bolitifen. &om ibu, at bper eneite 9ram,
iom ial9es Beloit ibas, ielses meo
2opens Tilabelle. @aa til en @alopnz
bert o9 ipbr9 bam: "9por ct bit SRI
Felt raabet. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1887-1889, 1887-07-01

faitebe ben bar en- Saloonteeper e1er en-
8ren. Ser er en- Stemmeieooel, lom
f1n bar en- 5ortolfnin9. No9le flyer
bet er "Free Whisky" men be peb life
beore, itaffels. Saloonfeeperen peo BE-
bre, o9 lifer life ben @la9s Free
Whisky Stemmeleobel / Eeras mi for
9iben. .9et er Brobibitionens @temz
meieoocl.
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prpper at p9re afboloenoe, mert Sntel
@am er forfalben. Set republifanlte
8arti er forbruttent; os bog tlaser man
oper, at @robibition .bar ilaaet fell!
Yro6ibition bar aloris bapt nosen chance,
6pab funbe meb &ette falbes en- chance ?
SO, sip % famine chance MOB @aloonz
pelenet lom ri bar MOB Morb.
81 bar / @tatens @tatuter 2ope mob
Morb. 81 bar / Nationeus Statuter
Qope mob Moro. Set bemofratiife Harti
er erfleret imob Morb. Set republic
fanlte 8arti er ertlaret imoo Moro.
Meeb aubre Orb: @taten o9 Nationen
forbpmme Morb, o9 be9ge Bartier er
erflereoe SLENDER oeraf. Saa meset
er bet, ies besjerer for &robibition.
Gin % national Yrobibition itettet at
ct Yrobibitions zYarti. Sin % bette;
bette 1fal ri os1aa meb Cubs 9ielp faa.
Ser 1fal Sen / Melen til for at faa bet;
me,n bet bat ri, bet bar bet amerifanite
Yrobibitions zBarti. Sab mig prente
ben Tanfe IND / eoer, at 8robibition bar
albris piit fig iom ct 6eiltas ber |
Mmerifa, forbi ben aloris bar faaet Nnz
leonins til at oiie, bpab ben buyer til.
Men bar ben ba life belpis peret prppet?
So, os laa lanst iom ben bar peret
prgpet, bar ben peret en- glimrenoe
success; og bper Smule al &ibnesbDro,
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lpm man fan bente fra Maine, Soma p9
&anlas, bper Smule 8ionesbpro, iOm
Tan faces fra bpilfenlombelit 8p / 8is>
coniin, bpor ben, unber 2ocal Options
2ope, bar peret forlp9t, bepiler, at ben
bar uorettet alt, 1om funbe pentes.
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6ibintil bat 6eltz&aabet faaet 100
@%ub1fribenter for u9en. 8liper bet
1aaleoes peb ct Nar 1fal III Dape 5000
% li9el aa mango nDe &otes. Gag fatolle
1Dm Ell.
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" " 49, nv &c.
Sen ne1te Maaoe at faa 8robibition
paa, er bpao ma11 taloer ben MOTT
partilanlte Metbooe. 9ette, lpnes mango,
er ct prestist 5eltraab. S berneoe
/ Beloit bar for 9eiblittet benne non<
partiianite @p9e temmelis ilemt. Sen
er blepen pobet inb / mango al s>er.
6pao er pa benne nonzpartiian ite
6remsan9smaabe for no9et? So bette:
"2ao % faa 8robibition; ri tror paa
ben; men tjere lab % faa ben uben
noset Yarti." Sci lom man pil babe
% til at 9jbre, er at faa / Stano en-
Zig Tidet, at en- &epublifaner tan itemz
me ben republitanlte Eidet o9 paa fam
me 3ib femme &robibitionstideten.
D9 temperance emotraten flyer: ICE
Der, jes oil npoi9 forlaoe nit Harti, men
for temperance pil jes sjerne iteume;
lag berfor ibob en- fig Eidet, at jes Tan
ltemme for Temperance o9 paa famine
Tib for bet b%emotratilte Yarti," Stafz
ters Blinbin9!
@ioite Man6ass Nften lab jes paa
Sane Station femten Mlil moro fra Maz
biion. Seq bapoe bolot Mpoe Der o9
m1aatte pente en- b%alpan6en Ttme paa
Trenet for at tomme bjem famine Nften.
Da je9 Tom til :@tationen, par Der en-
ltatters Tpr, lom bar bpboruffen. Sm
en- balp Time lipneoe ban Up, % je9 gap
mig Sale meo ban1, o9 ban TOM iaapiot
til Guns o9 Samlin9, at ban tunbe for
te0e mig, bpor ban bapoe faaet 8ren@
beuinet, os li9eleoes forteae mig lit
2epnetslpb. S be 1ioite tppe Mar bapoe
bper Gent, iom bet arme Menneife bapbe
tjent o9 funnel unbpere, panoret til ca
loouen. gan par tnapt iitano til at
tale, men peo no9le uenlise Orb fra mig
TOM bans beore Matur tilipne, o9 ea jeg
pmteoe liot ONT at itemme, iasoe Manz
ben til mig: "'Ses oil femme &robiz
bitionstideten bper eneite Gang" Set
moa jes iise os jes pniter life meo
Billie at iaare nosen Manos 5pleller -
ie9 bat lanst mere Gstelie for ben arme,
iortomne Dranfer, iom, i6et ban fer fin
Tilitano, refer fig iom en- Mano os
loer9er for Sub, at ban oil itemme for
at brebe ben S%n6retntng, 1om ruinerer
ban1, enb leg bar for ben Manb, font beoer
til 9erren, at @aloonen maa brebes, o9
iaa saar ben os itemmer for ben! Strip
big bet bag 0ret. Ser er / @isconlin
9ulinber al itatters 9rantere, 1om bare
penter paa ben Tib, ba bisle 2aiteps %
@fjenbielens 9uler lanss @aoerne n1aa
luttes, os Be ielu mo- blioe Menneifer
i9ien.
Mens ie9 CT inbe paa Sa9en ansaaz
enoe Eideter, lab mig forteQe eoer, mime
9amer o9 9errer, at albrig Tom en-
republifanlt Tidet i @tanb / Nmerifa,
uben at 8bilfepfoltet bauoe fine 6insre
/ ben. Seq ubforbrer bnemiombelt til
at nepne en- T6, ba Ell repub1ifanif
Eidet Tom / Stanb, uben at @bilfepz
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Entered at the postofice at Mime
apolis, Mimi, as second-class mail
matter.
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brep (21cenie) til at ialse? San benter
bet paa 9imen. "9oor fit bu bet ""05ra
8%praaoet." "Sra bpem fit 8praabet
&etten til at 9ipe big ct ilist 5ribreu?"
"8praaoet fit fra 8eloits it%emmeberetz
tiseoe 8orsere 8et til at sioe mig SRI
brep til at ielse Dl os 8renbepin."
"6uorfra fit 8eloits 8orsere &etteu til
at bemDnoise 8praaoet til at %bempnoise
5aloonperten til at fabritere 9rantere?"
"6oltet i Beloit fit oenne &et fra 2ez
sislaturen." "6ra bpem fit ba 2esislaz
turen 6ulbma9t til at befulomestise
Solicit / 8eloit til at befulomestise Sc
Lofts Bpraab til at bemDn6ise Saloonz
perten til at oprette en- &neipe / 8Den?
Sparet lDber fra bele @taten: "@isz
coniins 5olt 9ap 2e9islaturen benz
ne Ma9t." @isconlins Soft bempnoi9er
2e9islaturea, o9 2e9islaturen bemDnz
bigger Solicit / 8eloit, o9 5oltet / &eloit
i9ien 8praaoet, o9 Bpraabet Saloonz
perten. &pem ct laa Spnbebutfene? Set
er ri, @tatens @temme9ipere. 9u fer
altiaa, at buert @las 81, iom ialses /
Staten, iel9es ifp1se politiit 8empnz
biselle. @taten er en- politi1f Snltituz
tion os MI oil man fortalle mig, at ri
bar life &et til meo 2open at fo%rbD99e
% binbre CHARACTERIZATION, m1en meo
2open at autoriiere ben, bet ifal man bape
&et til! Gig p%olitilt 2are bprer biemz
ME fun / Be barbariffe 3iosaloere. 9pao
1pnes S ON ben Sale, at ri life ital
rpre peo Yolititen, .men bare bripe paa
meo "moral1t 8aapirfnins." 5or nosle
Mar tilba9e naaebe ben iaatalote morallt e
Yaaoirtnin9 tit Toppunft ber / &merifa,
beu9ans ba 2anoets bebite os eoleite
&pinoer laa paa&ne paa aaben @aoe o9
bpnfalot @aloonperterne. 9uao iDnes
S ONT ili9t? &ar BET morallt @aaz
pirfnins / bette, at &meritas 9uitruer
o9 Mpore, @pl tire o9 Dptre laa paa &ne
foran @aloonperten o9 trD9leoe o9 bao?
3il ben Mano, lom meo laaoant for
Die enbnu penter at funne uorD66e GU
loonen meb morallt @aapirfnin9, flyer
je9: Sub forbarme Jig oper big (8ifalo.)
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-09-24
TERMS---S2. 90 PER YEAR.

had mine better than Tom this morn
ing, but it was 4 short one.
Whatsoever thy nand tirfeth 10
DO do it with all thy might
Polly said it almost without think
ing, then repeated it more slowly, as u
sense of its meaning came over her.
As her eyes wandered about the half
swept tioor, she recalled something
grandma had said at breakfast-time:-
Bringing an earnest purpose OF do
ing our best to everything we do. Tho
smallest thing we may do nav be an
Offering OF service to the Lord II well
and faithfully done"
Il wonder if grandma would call this
sweeping a piece Of faithful work. 0
dear Duty is dreadful thing" Polly
looked at the floor in great discomfort.
But il is getting so hot, and do hate
TO sweep. wish mamma didn't think
it her duty to make us children learn
to do things about the house. Hattie
Pierce never has to sweep and dust.
But after a few moments thought,
the chairs were busted and carried out
of the room, and the rug lifted and
shaken. Then q hslf-hOur's patient
work put very different look upon
things. and Polly was we'll satisfied with
it as she brought a few budding hlacs
and put in vase.
Now this door-mat-I didn't mean
to touch it as / swept the porch, but
here it goes.
What's that?"
A flash of sunlight as she jerked up
the mat, a clink and q roll down step
after step. With cry of JOY. Polly
sprang after the shining thing.
The gold piece! Oh. how glad 1 am
that lifted the mat"
With few words to grandma. she
sped across the field to Uncle Johns.
When nearly there she met Madge and
Tom coming back with downcast faces.
I'VE didn't find it."
1--WE found there it's" cried Pol
ly. waving her hand. at was under
the mat on the porch. Just in the
fringe. Grandma must have dropped
1t there before she went to Uncle
Johns" She was rushing on, but Tom
stopped her.
.It's too late now. Uncle Johns
gone to the station"
An expression of bitter disappoint-
ment came over Polly's face. No birth
day present would be waiting for mann
ma.
"Oh, if I had only swept my room
when mamma told me!'
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-09-24

sive heat have never had hogs do
as well as when they came out of doors
to eat, and had no other protection
than q snug little building running
north and south Is feet with n door
at the south end, and the bed at the OPP
posite. The width was only 8 feet.
The sty and yard were so located that
the cold winds did not strike either.
These simple accommodations have
afforded me the best results in winter
ing young pigs and they would be
equally as good for older ones. The
floor of the sty, which is simply the
earth, has been raised above all soak
age. or possibility OF wet, and the
sides and end of the building make q
surrounding for the pigs 10 lie against
and to keep the bed in place. A large
sty is not necessary. and should much
prefer a number of small ones, with
separate yards, rather than an exten-
sive one. They might all be made
with one continued roof. but the parti-
tlons should be frequent. The manure
and all of the droppings can be saved
by carting out the earth inside for a
depth of foot or more. and also on the
outside in the yard. A fresh supply of
earth will fill up the space. to be again
taken away. With plank door. un-
less it is tight the amount of fertilizer
wasted underneath. and not to he
reached, is very great If saved, it will
swell the profit.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-09-24
The Cork Oak.

The growth of cork oak in California
is not a matter of experiment; its sue
cess was demonstrated long ago. The
distribution of cork-acorns by the Pat
ent Office about twenty-five years ago
may not have accomplished much i'll
other parts of the country, but it gave
us a start and there are now trees
yielding cork and bearing acorns at a
number of different places in the State.
There are trees growing on Mr.. Rich
ardson's place at San Gabriel There
were samples of cork and acorns shown
at the Sacramento Citrus Fair by ii. A.
Messenger. of Calaveras County, there
are trees of similar age in SonOma,
Santa Barbara and Tulare. and perhaps
other counties. The State University
Is growing seedlings from California
cork acorns, and will be likely to have
the trees for distribution next year.
There is no doubt about the adaptation
of the tree to the State as the widely
separated places named above all furn-
ish proper condi tions for its growth. 1t
is OF course crop of which one has to
wait some time TO gather. and there
fore needs patience in the planter.
All the corkwood of commerce comes
from the Spanish Peninsula, where the
trees abound not only in cultivated
forests but also grow wild on the
mountains. The tree is like an Ameri-
can oak, with leaves similar to the
oak and acorns. It takes ten years
for the bark to become proper thick
ness to be manufactured into bottle
shoppers. life preservers and seine
corks. When stripped from the tree
1t is TO be boiled for two hours, cured
in the sun for week and pressed into
fiat pieces for bailing and shipping.
The denuded trunk, like hen robbed
of her eggs, does not sulk and quit the
business, but throws out fresh cover
ing for afresh spoliation. Tho tree has
been known to yield half ton of cork
WOOu. One pOunu VI cOih Cdu oc
manufactured into 144 champagne
corks. The baled cork bark is sold to
cork manufacturing centres. The most
extensive mandatory in America is at
Pittsburg. Besides the ordinary de-
mands for cork bark, good supply OF
the buoy ant material, after being burn
ed, to make it still lighter than the
original bark. is shipped to Canada and
New England, where it is made into
seine corks. The average annual i'm
portation of corkwood into this
country, entirely at the port of New
York, is 10000 bales year. A bale
weighs 16O pounds. and is worth
on this side of the water 800. making
total value of the importatiOns oI
81. 400, 900. 1t comes in duty FREE
Pacific Rural Press.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-09-24
Dairy Tests.

There is murmuring along the hne
that the test business among cows Is
being overdone. The death of several
remarkable animals soon after COM
pleting their great records has led some
men to argue that such forcing was
necessarily dangerous; some go as far
as to call it cruelty. One writer points
out what the average yield Of dairy
cows is, to show by comparison what
a strain these must have been subject
ed to that have made such large rec
ords. While we are opposed to ''slop-
ping over" in any direction, and are
ready to prevent cruelty in every DOS
sible instance. we feel inclined to offer
few arguments on the other side OF
this question,
We have not seen in accounts Of the
death of these famous cows any strong
evidence that death was the result OF
high feeding. unless it was in the case
of Mercedes, and she was at the critic
al point of parturition when 1t is dan
gerous to rush any COW with high feed.
Many other cows not so famous nor so
highly fed have died under the same
conditions, but the world did not hear
of it. Where is the forcing ?" The
cow was not obliged to eat more than
she wanted. Where is crueltyp The
COW was kept quiet and comforta-
BILE and was well cared for, and
the milk was drawn often enough to
relieve the udder from undue cxpan-
sion. Compare this treatment with the
course of training animals have to en-
dure to fit them for trial Of speed or
draft. Cruelty to keep COW comfort
able and give her all she can eatp
Cruelty to take ninety or one hundred
pounds of milk from q COW in q day
when her appetite and digestion and
secretive organs are all favorably unit.
ed for its production?
We hear no complaint Of cruelty
where COWS arc fattened for the butch
er. 1t has been argued that COW was
capable of giving certain amount Of
milk and that high feeding shortened
her period of usefulness. Why not say
that stove is capable Of making just
so much ashes, or of giving out just so
much heat, when it all depends on
what and how much is put into it?
But even if this assumption is true
we keep cows for what we can get out
of them, and IL we can get their full
yield in five years. it saves much time
and labor over taking ten years for it.
When these large records were first
published, q certain class of writer's
were ready to advertise their stupidity
by questioning their truthfulness; ant
this cry of over-feeding and dangerous
forcing seems like a branch Of the
same idea which is simply this: Some
one has better COW or better breeI
than we have but we don't want to ad
nit it.-PracticGl Farmer.